Otabek Sattoryi - Justice for Journalists

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Otabek Sattoryi

Affiliated media: YouTube and Telegram channel Xalq Fikri (People’s Opinion), Blogger

Incident date: January 29, 2021

Attack type:

  • Confiscation/seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Reporters without Borders

Location: Uzbekistan, Termez

Additional information:

At least ten plainclothesmen were sent to arrest Otabek Sattoryi at his home on 29 January. He was charged three days later with extorting money and robbing mobile phones from “unidentified persons” – charges on which he is facing up to ten years in prison. His computer and other equipment confiscated.